CET: CM hints at ordinance to make colleges fall in line

Krishna said the government had taken a decision regarding CET after much deliberation and would go by that, protests by private colleges notwithstanding. He said CET exams in the state would be conducted on May 30.

While managements of well-established and reputed colleges had opposed the government’s decision of filling 75 per cent of the seats (both merit and payment) through CET, the Unaided New Engineering Colleges’ Forum, comprising 54 colleges, welcomed the decision subject to certain new demands regarding fee and CET counselling.

After a meeting of the Forum, vice-president and legislator K.B. Munivenkata Reddy said they would welcome the government’s decision aimed at providing social justice and encouraging rural candidates.

In its demand for a hike in the fee, the Forum has sought an increase from the proposed Rs 11,590 to Rs 30,000 for merit seats, from Rs 46,000 to Rs 60,000 for payment seats (Karnataka) and from Rs 75,590 to Rs 90,000 for Non-Karnataka students besides revising the fee structure once in three years as stipulated by the All India Council for Technical Education.

One-time CET counselling, free supply of electricity and water to engineering colleges and completion of the admission process by August end are the other demands.